Mountain hikes instilled in me a life-long urge to get to the top of any inviting summit or peak.

The Brigham Young University (BYU) campus was just a few blocks from my home and tuition was minimal.

Over and over, expanding scientific knowledge has shown religious claims to be false.

If our society continues to support basic research on how living organisms function, it is likely that my great grandchildren will be spared the agony of losing family members to most types of cancer.

It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and skill to make me welcome on intramural basketball teams.

I am told that I had a bad temper, and remember being banished to the back hall until civility returned.

Family trips to Yellowstone and to what are now national parks in Southern Utah, driving the primitive roads and cars of that day, were real adventures.